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Environmental Protection Act 1994
sec.471Failure to comply with signal
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### sec.471 Failure to comply with signal
A person must obey a signal under section 459 (2) to stop or not to move a vehicle, unless the person has a reasonable excuse for not obeying the signal.
Maximum penalty—50 penalty units.
It is a reasonable excuse for the person to fail to stop or to move the vehicle if—
to obey immediately the signal would have endangered the person or another person; and
the person obeys the signal as soon as it is practicable to obey the signal.
(sec.471-ssec.1) A person must obey a signal under section 459 (2) to stop or not to move a vehicle, unless the person has a reasonable excuse for not obeying the signal. Maximum penalty—50 penalty units.
(sec.471-ssec.2) It is a reasonable excuse for the person to fail to stop or to move the vehicle if— to obey immediately the signal would have endangered the person or another person; and the person obeys the signal as soon as it is practicable to obey the signal.
- (a) to obey immediately the signal would have endangered the person or another person; and
- (b) the person obeys the signal as soon as it is practicable to obey the signal.